Court of Appeal for Ontario

The Court of Appeal for Ontario (frequently referred to as the Ontario Court of Appeal or ONCA) is the appellate court for the province of Ontario, Canada. The seat of the court is Osgoode Hall in downtown Toronto, also the seat of the Law Society of Ontario and the Divisional Court of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

Court of Appeal for Ontario
Established1867
JurisdictionOntario
LocationOsgoode Hall, Toronto
Authorized byCourts of Justice Act
Appeals toSupreme Court of Canada
Number of positions23 (plus supernumeraries)
Websiteontariocourts.ca/coa
Chief Justice of Ontario
CurrentlyMichael Tulloch
SinceDecember 19, 2022

Description

The Court is composed of 22 judicial seats,[1] in addition to one or more justices who sit supernumerary. They hear over 1,500 appeals each year, on issues of private law, constitutional law, criminal law, administrative law and other matters. The Supreme Court of Canada hears appeals from less than 3% of the decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, therefore in a practical sense, the Court of Appeal is the last avenue of appeal for most litigants in Ontario.[2]

Among the Court of Appeal's most notable decisions was the 2003 ruling in Halpern v Canada (AG) that found defining marriage as between one man and one woman to violate Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, legalizing same-sex marriage in Ontario and making Canada the first jurisdiction in the world where same-sex marriage was legalized by a court ruling. Among many judges from the Court who have been elevated to the Supreme Court of Canada are Justices Rosalie Abella, Louise Arbour, Peter Cory, Louise Charron, Andromache Karakatsanis, Bora Laskin, Michael Moldaver, and Mahmud Jamal, as well as Bertha Wilson, who was the first female justice on both the Court of Appeal for Ontario (1975) and the Supreme Court of Canada (1982).

The Court of Appeal derives its jurisdiction from Ontario's Courts of Justice Act.

Current judges
A courtroom at Osgoode Hall. Over the dais are the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom, which until 1931 were the Royal Arms for general purposes throughout the British Empire. The Statute of Westminster 1931 effectively elevated the Royal Arms of Canada to the position of the King's Royal Arms for general purposes across Canada, which is why the Royal Arms of Canada are now used by the court to represent the Canadian Crown.
Position Name Appointed Nominated by Position(s) Prior to Appointment*
Chief Justice Michael Tulloch[3] 30 June 2012
19 December 2022 (as chief)		 Harper
J. Trudeau		 Superior Court of Justice (2003 to 2012)
Private practice
Associate Chief Justice J. Michal Fairburn[4] 18 July 2017
3 September 2020		 J. Trudeau Superior Court of Justice (December 16, 2014 to July 18, 2017)
Stockwoods

Ontario Crown Law Office

Justice Jill Copeland 28 March 2022 J. Trudeau Superior Court of Justice (2017 to 2022)
Ontario Court of Justice (2014 to 2017)
Justice Steve A. Coroza[5] 6 April 2020 J. Trudeau Superior Court of Justice (2013 to 2020)
Ontario Court of Justice (2009 to 2013)
Justice David H. Doherty 1 September 1990 Mulroney Superior Court of Justice (1988 to 1990)
Justice Jonathon George 20 December 2021 J. Trudeau Superior Court of Justice (2016 to 2021)
Ontario Court of Justice (2012 to 2016)
Justice Lise Favreau 20 December 2021 J. Trudeau Superior Court of Justice (2017 to 2021)
Justice Alison Harvison Young 31 August 2018 J. Trudeau Superior Court of Justice (2004 to 2018)
Justice C. William Hourigan[6] 2 October 2013 Harper Superior Court of Justice (2009 to 2013)
Fasken Martineau LLP (1992 to 2009)
Justice Grant Huscroft[7] 16 December 2014 Harper Professor, Western Law School (2002 to 2014)
University of Auckland (1992 to 2001)
Justice Peter Lauwers[8] 14 December 2012 Harper Superior Court of Justice (2008 to 2012)
Miller Thompson LLP
Justice Bradley W. Miller[9] 26 June 2015 Harper Superior Court of Justice
Justice Patrick Monahan 15 May 2023 J. Trudeau Superior Court of Justice (2017 to 2023)
Justice David M. Paciocco[10] 7 April 2017 J. Trudeau Ontario Court of Justice
Professor at University of Ottawa and Counsel at Edelson Clifford D'Angelo
Justice Lois Roberts[11] 5 May 2015 Harper Superior Court of Justice (2008 to 2015)
Genest Murray LLP (1988 to 2008)
Cassels Brock (1987 to 1988)
Justice Lorne Sossin 26 November 2020 J. Trudeau Superior Court of Justice (2018 to 2020)
Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School (2010 to 2018)
Justice Julie Thorburn 1 September 2019 J. Trudeau Superior Court of Justice (2006 to 2019)
Justice Gary T. Trotter[12][13] 20 October 2016 J. Trudeau Superior Court of Justice (2008 to 2016)
Ontario Court of Justice (2005 to 2008)
Professor at Queen's University (2003 to 2016)
Ontario Crown Counsel (1988 to 2000)
Justice Katherine van Rensburg[6] 2 October 2013 Harper Superior Court of Justice (2006 to 2013)
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Justice Benjamin Zarnett 9 November 2018 J. Trudeau Goodmans LLP

Supernumerary Justices

Position Name Appointed Nominated by Position(s) Prior to Appointment*
Supernumerary Justice David M Brown[14] 16 December 2014 Harper Superior Court of Justice (2006 to 2014)
Supernumerary Justice Mary Lou Benotto[15] 8 November 2013 Harper Superior Court of Justice (1996 to 2013)
Family Court (2001 to 2005)
Chapell Bushell Stewart (1978 to 2001)
Supernumerary Justice Kathryn N. Feldman 11 June 1998 Chrétien Superior Court of Justice (1990 to 1998)
Supernumerary Justice Eileen E. Gillese 5 January 2002 Chrétien Superior Court of Justice (1999 to 2002)
Supernumerary Justice Alexandra Hoy 2 December 2011 Harper Ontario Court of Appeal (Associate Chief Justice)
Superior Court of Justice
Supernumerary Justice James C. MacPherson 25 May 1999 Chrétien Superior Court of Justice
Supernumerary Justice Ian Nordheimer[16] 15 September 2017 J. Trudeau Superior Court of Justice (1999 to 2017)

Counsel with Fraser & Beatty / Dentons LLP

Supernumerary Justice Gladys Pardu 8 November 2013 Harper Superior Court of Justice (1991 to 2013)
Pardu Macdonald (1976 to 1991)
Supernumerary Justice Sarah Pepall 10 April 2012 Harper Superior Court of Justice
Supernumerary Justice Paul Rouleau[17] 15 April 2005 Martin Superior Court of Justice (2002 to 2005)
Heenan Blaikie
Supernumerary Justice Janet M. Simmons 23 August 2000 Chrétien Superior Court of Justice

Chief Justices of Ontario
NumberNameYears
1Sir William Buell Richards[note 1]1868–1875
2Robert Alexander Harrison[note 1]1875–1878
3Thomas Moss1878–1881
4John Godfrey Spragge1881–1884
5Sir John Hawkins Hagarty1884–1897
6Sir George William Burton1897–1900
7John Douglas Armour1900–1902
8Sir Charles Moss1902–1912
9Sir William Ralph Meredith1912–1923
10Sir William Mulock1923–1936
11Newton Rowell1936–1938
12Robert Spelman Robertson1938–1952
13John Wellington Pickup1952–1957
14Dana Porter1958–1967
15George Alexander Gale1967–1976
16Willard Estey1976–1977
17William Goldwin Carrington Howland1977–1990
18Charles Dubin1990–1996
19Roy McMurtry1996–2007
20Warren Winkler[18]2007–2013
21George Strathy2014–2022
22Michael Tulloch2022–present

Past judges
Name Time in Office Nominated by Position(s) Prior to Appointment*
Edward W. Ducharme 2012 - 2013Stephen Harper
Marc Rosenberg[19]1995–2015Jean Chretien
Stephen Goudge1996–2014Jean Chretien
Warren Winkler, Chief Justice2007–2013
Dennis O'Connor1998–2012Jean Chretien
Michael Moldaver[19]1995–2011Jean Chretien
Andromache Karakatsanis2010–2011
Marvin A. Catzman1988–2007
Roy McMurtry1996-2007 as Chief Justice
Louise Charron[19]1995–2004Jean Chretien
Rosalie Abella1992–2004
Louise Arbour1990–1999
Charles Dubin1973–1996 (1992–1996 as Chief Justice)
William Goldwin Carrington Howland as Chief Justice1977–1992
Walter Tarnopolsky1985–1993
Peter Cory1981–1989
Bert MacKinnon1974–1987 as Associate Chief Justice
Bertha Wilson1975–1982
Goldwyn Arthur Martin1973–1988
Bora Laskin1965–1970
Jean-Marc Labrosse1990–2007
Roy Kellock1942–1944
Henry Hague Davis1933–1935
Newton Rowell as Chief Justice1936–1937
Sir William Mulock as Chief Justice1923–1936
John Douglas Armour1887–1890 (as Chief Justice) (1901–1902)
John Hawkins Hagarty as Chief Justice1884–1897
Thomas Moss as Chief Justice1878–1880
Robert Alexander Harrison as Chief Justice1875–1878

Chief Justices of Upper Canada (1792–1841)/Province of Canada (1841–1867)
NumberNameYears
1William Osgoode1792–1794
2John Elmsley1796–1802
3Henry Allcock1802–1806
4Thomas Scott1806–1816
5William Dummer Powell1816–1825
6Sir William Campbell1825–1829
7Sir John Beverley Robinson1829–1862
8William Henry Draper1863–1867

See also

Notes
  1. Of the Court of Queen's Bench

References
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